hi justin
thanks for the very detailed summary. after i'm not registered in the ML-forum i answer here...
i have not been to the high end in munich this year but last year i was blown away by the Lansche-Audio Cubus speakers:
http://lansche-audio.de/have you heard the lansche audio cubus yourself? i don't think so because i'm pretty confident that you would have at least mentioned them
edit: in your thread in posting 114, forth picture, you can see the lansche cubus in the middle. where they just on display and did not sound?
i also listened to the avantgard speakers but didn't like them anywhere near the cubus'ses.
the cubus is in fact the only speaker i know that i
maybe would even trade my apogees for
maybe because i don't know yet how a completely redone pair of scintillas can sound...
cheers, christoph
ps: when you're near liechtenstein (or austria or switzerland) sometime feel free to contact me for a listen at my place.